Whitetail or Cottontail??
So out here in cali I have noticed that the season on cottontails is year round and whitetail has a specific season. Does anyone know how to tell the difference?? I have looked at pictures, and read up on them, but they both look the same to me.
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shot a hare (other than jacks here in Kalifornication.) Do you have many hares
up in your neck of the woods? I’d love to set some crosshairs on a hare. 😉
Unfortunately, we don’t have many rabbits/hares of any type in my immediate vicinity. Oddly enough Jackrabbits are protected here and there is NO season (unless you’re a falconer and accidentally kill one).
When I lived in SLO, CA and Reno, NV Jacks and Cottontails were numerous and easily had. I used my Volquartsen 10/22 and CCI LoVel ammo. Nothing but head shots on the Cottons. I just love Hasenpfeffer.
The Jacks in Washoe Co, NV were very dirty and loaded with parasites. I bagged numerous Jacks carrying rodent Botflys (this was confirmed by UNR’s biology department).
If you’re not familiar with Botflies here are some photos. In parts of S. America they have Human Botflies (yummy).
In rabbit
Here’s a video for you
Maybe it’s not in Boone and Crockett records like the Hybrid Grizzly Polar bear killed a few years ago. Saw that on TV 😕
On April 16, 2006, Jim Martell, a sport hunter from the United States, shot a grizzly–polar bear hybrid near on Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Martell had paid $50,000, for an official license and a guide to hunt polar bears in Canada’s arctic.
the small CottonTail out here is a rabbit not a large Jack/Hare 😉
Gee… that’s odd…. ❓
I don’t see any Jackolopes listed in the Boone and Crockett records… ❓ ❓
😆 😆 http://www.boone-crockett.org/bgrecords/WorldRecords.asp?area=bgRecords
awesome explanation thank you!! So basically if it has big ears I can shoot it year round 😈 That’s what I was hoping for cause we have plenty of big eared hoppers around here, you just have to use your ninja skills here in the city to get em
FWBGBS: Sweet explanation! I’ve shot many a rabbit – but can’t say that I’ve
shot a hare (other than jacks here in Kalifornication.) Do you have many hares
up in your neck of the woods? I’d love to set some crosshairs on a hare. 😉
na, left that one be, I think we need to lay off them for a couple seasons and let their numbers replenish, then it’s anything goes 😉
get the blue jay: First Jackalope I saw since being out to Denver. HOpe you get em. 🙄
You’re absolutely right rabbits. It’s actually a “hare” over here also. Both species should be referred to as “Jack-hares” not Jackrabbits.
Hares are generally larger and faster than rabbits.
Hares have longer ears and larger feet than rabbits.
Hares have black markings on their fur.
💡 Rabbits are altricial, having young that are born blind and hairless. In contrast, hares are generally born with hair and are able to see (precocial). Young hares are therefore able to fend for themselves very quickly after birth. 💡
Hares have not been domesticated, while rabbits are often kept as house pets.
Hares have very long and strong hind legs, more so than rabbits.
Rabbits and hares both molt and then grow new hair. Hares, especially those living in cold, snowy regions, turn white in the winter.
Hunters say that hare has a much stronger, gamier flavor than rabbit (which actually does taste like a milder version of chicken).
B.
Yea rabbit’s.. much simpler.. its either a wabbit or a hare.
Exactly. What Acourvil said. Also, Whitetails have that funny narrow jackrabbit face.
Whitetail Jack
Cottontail
that white tale,s a hare in this part off the world cool big buggers
took this one in the backyard a few days back
In virginia a WhiteTail is a Deer. A Cottontail/Hare is a rabbit. a Deer is big game and rabbit is small game.
Exactly. What Acourvil said. Also, Whitetails have that funny narrow jackrabbit face.
Whitetail Jack
Cottontail
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shot a hare (other than jacks here in Kalifornication.) Do you have many hares
up in your neck of the woods? I’d love to set some crosshairs on a hare. 😉
Unfortunately, we don’t have many rabbits/hares of any type in my immediate vicinity. Oddly enough Jackrabbits are protected here and there is NO season (unless you’re a falconer and accidentally kill one).
When I lived in SLO, CA and Reno, NV Jacks and Cottontails were numerous and easily had. I used my Volquartsen 10/22 and CCI LoVel ammo. Nothing but head shots on the Cottons. I just love Hasenpfeffer.
The Jacks in Washoe Co, NV were very dirty and loaded with parasites. I bagged numerous Jacks carrying rodent Botflys (this was confirmed by UNR’s biology department).
If you’re not familiar with Botflies here are some photos. In parts of S. America they have Human Botflies (yummy).
In rabbit
Here’s a video for you
Removing Human Bot Fly From Dudes Back
Botfly larvae, aka Warble. Nasty fuckers.